Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 28-32 , October 2008

Patterns of level II node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • XiaoShen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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  • LongGen Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • ChaoSu Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. ChaoSu Hu, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, 270 Dong’an Road, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • ZhengRong Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • HongMei Ying

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • JianHui Ding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • Yan Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Received 3 May 2008 ,Revised 27 June 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.014

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 28-32 , October 2008

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